Italian vocabulary -ire (-isco) verbs Flashcards
compire
to accomplish
sbalordire
to astonish
inquisire
to investigate/inquire
sparire
to disappear
inserire
to insert/place
ardire
to dare
blandire
to wheedle
riunire
to gather
gestire
to manage/supervise
atterrire
to terrify
guarnire
to garnish
digerire
to digest
abortire
to abort
approfondire
to deepen/delve into
annichilire
to annihilate
ammorbidire
to soften
aggredire
to attack
tradire
to betray
subire
to suffer/be subjected to
impazzire
to go mad
acquisire
to acquire
colorire
to color/embellish
arrichire
to enrich
seppellire
to bury (sepolto)
suggerire
to suggest
smentire
to deny/contravert
colpire
to hit
arrochire
to make hoarse
ammutolire
to fall silent/speechless
distribuire
to distribute
fornire
to furnish/supply
inferire
to infer
svanire
to vanish
costruire
to build
gradire
to appreciate/enjoy
decostruire
to deconstruct
definire
to define
acuire
to sharpen/make more acute
diluire
to dilute
bandire
to banish
ferire
to wound
zittire
to silence
patire
to suffer
gioire
to rejoice
chiarire
to clear/clarify
agire
to act
abbrustolire
to toast
irrobustire
to fortify
fallire
to fail
assopire
to make sleepy
contribuire
to contribute
pulire
to clean
restituire
to return (an object)
rabbrividire
to shiver
affluire
to flood/flow into
guarire
to cure/recover/heal
annuire
to nod
disseppellire
to disinter/unearth
eccepire
to object
attutire
to attenuate
costodire
to foster/take care of
preferire
to prefer
fornire
to supply
arrugginire
to rust
ammonire
to caution/admonish
smaltire
to drop/discard
allestrire
to prepare
garantire
to guaranty
avvilire
to discourage
arrostire
to roast
spedire
to mail/send
ammufire
to go moldy
abolire
to abolish
asservire
to enslave/sujugate
esibire
to exhibit/show
fiorire
to thrive
esordire
to begin/commence/debut
stabilire
to establish
infastidire
to tease
capire
to understand
costituire
to constitute/establish
aderire
to adhere
bipartire
to halve
apparire
to appear [Note: also has an irregular form (appaio/appari/appare/appaiamo/appaite/appaiono)]
demolire
to demolish
attribuire
to attribute/assign/credit
brandire
to wave/brandish
rapire
to kidnap
appesantire
to weigh down
farcire
to stuff
deperire
to waste away/decline
proibire
to prohibit
dimagrire
to lose weight
accudire
to take care of
impedire
to impede
stupire
to astonish
riagire
to react
instruire
to teach/instruct
alleggire
to lighten/relieve
grugnire
to grunt/snort
destituire
to dismiss/depose
impartire
to impart/convey
appassire
to wither/fade/wilt
favorire
to favor/encourage
riferire
to report
marcire
to rot
diminuire
to diminish
ambire
to strive/aim for
compatire
to pity/indulge
ostruire
to obstruct
concepire
to conceive/devise
ribadire
to reaffirm
ammansire
to tame
annerire
to blacken
abbrutire
to brutalize
ammattire
to go mad
arrossire
to blush
conferire
to bestow/confer
intuire
to perceive
sistituire
to substitute for/replace
dimagrire
to slim down
condire
to season/add dressing
abbellire
to embellish
finire
to finish
differire
to defer/to be different
asserire
to assert
intimidire
to intimidate
arguire
to deduce/infer
perquisire
to search
